Colorado's Millennial Generation: Youth Perceptions and Experiences of Nature

Journal of Geography

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 213-223

  Barton, Karen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

active learning; children's geographies; environmental geography; public lands; student attitudes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; LEARNING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OUTDOOR RECREATION; STUDENT; TEACHING; YOUNG POPULATION;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867263253     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221341.2011.652648     Document Type: Article

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